lethaldog wrote:Is the grain and grape like a gold plated shop or something?
isnt there brew shops in your home towns?
Blandy: "I want to make a dark lager using only Malt extract, hops, and some grains" ie no kit
Brewcraft Guy: "I'd reccommend you use this kit"
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Blandy: "I would like to make these all-grain recipes"
* hands over recipes *
G&G guy: * asks me a couple of questions about local and imported malts, then goes out the back of the shop, gets the grain for me (even the really specialty stuff that I doubted they'd have), and brings it back already cracked in two sealed bags *
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Conclusion: Thanks to Brewcraft for getting me interested in homebrew. I think they do this really well. But once you want to do something more complicated than just a kit with some extra hops and maybe a little bit of grain, then G&G are more helpful (and cheaper for that matter!)